Tivoli Marina Vilamoura

Been a few times before for 3 or 4 days stays and wasn’t great but this time it was much better. Staff on all on point, nice crowd of people. Good breakfast if you want it. Spa great. Glee still wonderful and Puro / Guess is still worth the extra in my opinion unless you have children of course.

This is a really nice hotel in a perfect location for bars and restaurants. The marina view rooms offer a lovey view during the day, but are quite noisy at night and into the small hours due to the music from the bars and drunk people returning at closing time. As a result, we moved to a sea view room which is much more peaceful but came at a cost of €120 for the week. The pool is very clean and relaxing and the staff are so helpful and hardworking. The food and drinks at the pool bar are a little expensive, but it offers a really nice place for an afternoon cocktail. Overall. a fantastic hotel and well worth the money.

I stayed at this hotel recently and while there were a few highlights, the overall experience didn’t quite live up to the 5-star label or the price point. The best part of the stay was definitely the location—central and convenient for getting around. The pool area was also a standout: spacious, relaxing, and perfect for sunbathing. However, the service and overall upkeep of the hotel were disappointing. Breakfast, in particular, was a letdown. It’s not that there weren’t options, but the cooked food was dry and practically inedible. There were no fresh choices (besides eggs), and surprisingly for a 5-star hotel, not even a fresh coffee was available—just basic machine coffee or coffee which was sent around the room so inevitably sitting in the jug for long periods making it undrinkable. Housekeeping was another major issue. Toiletries weren’t replenished, dirty cups were left behind, towels were taken but not replaced, and requests to change the bedsheets were ignored. It really didn’t feel like any care or attention was put into the daily room cleaning. On top of that, the rooms themselves are showing their age and would really benefit from a refresh. All in all, while there were enjoyable elements to the stay and the hotel was still lovely, the poor service and lack of basic standards made it feel far from the luxury experience it promised. Not worth the premium price in my opinion.